Press Digest: Canada - Jan 3

DIRTT Environmental Solutions

03/01/2018 10:41

Jan 3 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from 
selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these 
stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.     
     
    THE GLOBE AND MAIL 
    ** The Public Health Agency of Canada is turning to an 
Ottawa artificial-intelligence startup that studies social media 
to predict potential spikes in suicide rates - information that 
could give the federal government a heads-up to proactively 
deploy mental-health resources to at-risk communities where 
lives might be in danger. https://tgam.ca/2CuMW1N 
     
    ** On Tuesday, the first day of trading in 2018, DIRTT 
Environmental Solutions Ltd's  DRT.TO  shares plummeted 18 
percent after the board replaced the company's co-founder and 
chief executive, Mogens Smed, and moved him into the role of 
executive chair. The board also removed DIRTT's president and 
interim chief financial officer, who is no longer with the 
company. https://tgam.ca/2Cvi0yl 
     
    ** Lululemon Athletica Inc  LULU.O  founder Chip Wilson's 
waterfront property in Vancouver valued at C$78.8 million ($63 
million) has topped the list of the most expensive residential 
properties in British Columbia for the fifth consecutive time. https://tgam.ca/2CuPZqL 
     
    NATIONAL POST 
    ** Alberta-based Aurora Cannabis Inc  ACB.TO , one of 
Canada's largest licensed medical marijuana producers, said 
November 2017 had been a "record" month for sales at home and in 
Germany, where medical cannabis is also legal.  http://bit.ly/2Cwj5pF 
     
    ** The deep freeze currently chilling most of North America 
is providing a boost to beleaguered natural gas producers, but 
analysts believe the colder temperatures would need to last for 
months for prices to improve further. http://bit.ly/2CuPkph 
     
    ** The U.S. dollar has started off 2018 where it left off 
last year - on the decline - and if forecasts for the currency 
to soften further prove correct, that could make the Canadian 
dollar's recent ascent to 80 cents U.S. seem rather 
insignificant by the end of the year. http://bit.ly/2CwJ00t     
     
    ($1 = 1.2517 Canadian dollars) 
 
 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom) 
 ((globalnewsmonitoring@thomsonreuters.com)) 
 
Keywords: PRESS DIGEST CANADA/